A prince's military is a metaphor of his own country. Their country is considered united if it is mostly composed of his own men, yet "if one holds his states based on [auxiliaries and mercenaries], [his state is] neither firm nor safe" and is not united. Machiavelli explains that losing a situation with auxiliaries and mercenaries is the same as "one is undone, and winning, one is their captive". According to Machiavelli, a price should always be prepared for war since war is "the sole art that belongs to him who rules".
it the second one on your question with the pope and monarchy.
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Although the lawgivers of the traditional Hindu codes (Dharma-shastras) themselves tend to treat jati s as varna s (social classes) and try to account on other occasions for jati s as products of alliances between the four varna s (Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras) and their descendants, a sharp distinction should be made between jati as a limited regional endogamous group of families and varna as a universal all-Indian model of social class.
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The Supreme Court is granted JURISDICTION for all cases in which states are a party.
The Jurisdiction of the US Supreme Court is defined in Article III, section 2 of the US Constitution. It establishes the judicial branch and invests the Supreme Court with jurisdiction over <em>“cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party”</em>
In the US the Democratic party is considered liberal, while the Republican party is considered conservative.
Therefore "conservative views on issues such as gay marriage and abortion" would not be considered characteristic of the Democratic party.